NEW CHARCOAL GRILL

By Uncle Hans

I have retired my old charcoal grill.  There was some pressure to get a new fancy gas grill (Big Gas!), but I resisted and bought a simple charcoal grill.  There was, however, "some assembly required".........

.........I had a great coach.............

.....fortunately, the directions were in English...........

......and written by a 10 year-old for a 10 year-old............

.....total elapsed time: one hour.........

.......I bought the old one at the the Fleet Farm about a block from my house in Marshfield Wisconsin in 1978.  The design, as you can see, has not changed much.  It still has lots of air vents that can be adjusted for temperature control.  And, most importantly, it has many different heights of the grill from the fire that one can adjust.  This is the weakness of the omnipotent Weber, which has one cooking height only.  Alas, it is not porselinized like a Weber, so, after only 33 years, it has rusted through in a few places.

        I am Swiss and I know you want to know.  The old one cost $19.95 and the new one $144.00 plus shipping.  Plus I had to spend an hour assembling it and you don't want to know what I charge for an hour's work.............

     New and improved?  I doubt it..........

By Uncle Hans